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cblr-1747	Tepe, George	Broker-Dealer Use of “Idle” Customer Assets: Customer Protection With Sweep Program and Securities Lending	2017	54	.pdf	application/pdf	18549	700	45	In addition, customers whose securities have been lent by their broker- dealer no longer have their shareholder voting rights and could have their proxy votes cancelled by their broker-dealer without their knowledge.6 How broker-dealers count customer shareholder votes implicates larger debates about the importance of shareholder voting,7 and previous authors have examined broker-dealer lending of customer securities from the perspective of corporate voting.8 However, no article has examined canceling shareholder votes through the lens of broker-dealer customer protection. Section II.C will provide an overview of broker-dealer lending of customer securities and associated Federal Reserve, SEC, and FINRA regulations.	cache/cblr-1747.pdf	txt/cblr-1747.txt